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Iniciativade Caminos de Capacitación de Arkansas
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El Departamento de Servicios Laborales de Arkansas (ADWS por sus siglas en inglés) fue otorgado una donación a través de la American Apprenticeship Initiative para expandir los programas de capacitación profesional en industrias de alto crecimiento y tecnología.
Socially Distant: COVID-19 Reveals Strength of Human Connections
May 28, 2020|volunteer
In Guinea (West Africa), as with the rest of the world, the presence of COVID-19 has prompted the Government to initiate national lockdown quarantine measures. Once bustling, vibrant streets and markets have now slowed to a quiet hum as businesses and government agencies temporarily shut their doors. For Winrock’s Farmer-to-Farmer team, based in the capital […]
The People of PIER: Katie Goslee
May 21, 2020|post
What is your role within the PIER project? My official role with PIER is that I’m the project manager and I steward all the administrative work, such as the project budget and contractual communications with the funder as well as similar communications that happen inside Winrock. In addition, I’m also the team lead for the […]
Keeping Migrants Safe
May 21, 2020|post
“I decided to go to Malaysia because I was desperate,” says Chantrea Soun, a mother of four in the Kampong Cham province of Cambodia. Soun and her family were living with her aunt in a small village near a rubber plantation, just scraping by. Soun’s husband, Kiry (names have been changed), made a meager living […]
Forging Connections
May 21, 2020|post
By Chris Warren When Brian Bean was growing up in Maryland, he knew exactly what he wanted to do as an adult. And in many ways, his career aim was to basically re-create a boyhood spent climbing trees, looking under rocks for salamanders, and roaming the woods in and around Susquehanna State Park. Not surprisingly, […]
IWMA Water Security Case Study
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From 2018 to 2020, the two-year activity Integrated Watershed Management Activity (IWMA) strengthened coordination and collaboration among USAID Nepal’s implementing partners (IPs), and improved water security for beneficiaries in two watersheds through six pilot integration activities. (To read the IWMA Final Report, click here.) Through IWMA, USAID Nepal was able to holistically address the development needs […]
Bringing Innovation to the Conservation of Indonesia’s Peatlands
April 30, 2020|post
Winrock International is helping restore Indonesia’s peatland in a way that will mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, slow land subsidence, combat the threat of fire, and support the tens of thousands of people who live and work there. I recently returned from a trip to Indonesia, where obstacles — and opportunities — are both in full […]
Arkansas Maker Task Force Deploys Online Platform to Connect Local Manufacturers to Essential Frontline Workers
April 30, 2020|post
(North Little Rock, AR—April 30, 2020) – As Arkansas prepares for COVID-19 cases to peak in early May, frontline and essential healthcare workers continue to struggle with a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). Arkansas makers and manufacturers are working hard to address this shortage, but a gap still exists between local organizations who need […]
The People of PIER: Anmol Vanamali
April 29, 2020|post
What is your role in the PIER project? Broadly speaking, I’m the private-sector partnerships lead for the Private Investment for Enhanced Resilience (PIER) project. Specifically, I lead our activities in Indonesia, which are focused on mobilizing private investment in agriculture resilience. I also lead most of our work related to private-sector engagement and financing in […]
A More Just Vision
April 24, 2020|post
If you have ever been part of designing and implementing a large event you will recognize the need to start well in advance. In our case we started planning the Wallace Center’s fifth National Good Food Network (NGFN) conference — an important biannual networking and programming event — 18 months ahead of time. We lined […]